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March, 2023

We’ve Lost a Great One

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February, 2023

In Praise of Those Who Came Before and After

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January, 2023

2022 Performance Perspective

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December, 2022

Save The Ornaments For Your Tree

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November, 2022

The Vast Deception of Speculation

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October, 2022

Opportunity Beckons

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September, 2022

Why Dimensional?

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August, 2022

What Drives Investment Returns? Start with Ingenuity.

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July, 2022

Great Expectations (cont.)

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June, 2022

Market Declines and Great Expectations

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May, 2022

Worried About Stocks? Why Long-Term Investing Is Crucial

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April, 2022

Why Pay For Speculation?

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March, 2022

“A Boom or Bust Investor”

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February, 2022

Shameful Behavior Ignored

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January, 2022

The Inevitable Decline of Growth Stocks (for Now)

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December, 2021

Trillions

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November, 2021

Equius Principles: Maintain Focus

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October, 2021

The Surprising Dividends of Transformed Investing

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September, 2021

10 Obstacles to Investing—and How to Overcome Them

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August, 2021

Equius Principles: Markets (Not Gurus) Build Wealth

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July, 2021

Equius Principles: Portfolio Rebalancing

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June, 2021

Equius Principles: Culture Drives Everything

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June, 2021

Equius Principles: Portfolio Structure Matters, Part 2

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April, 2021

Equius Principles: Portfolio Structure Matters, Part 1

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March, 2021

Keep Investing!

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February, 2021

Hurray for the Short Sellers

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February, 2021

The Turn

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December, 2020

Let’s Take a Deep Breath. Take Two.

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November, 2020

Charting a Good Value Story

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October, 2020

The Narrowest of Markets

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September, 2020

Past Experiences

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August, 2020

A Historic Opportunity

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July, 2020

Survive This Unbroken and Confident

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June, 2020

Preparing for the Turn

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May, 2020

Considering the Stockdale Paradox

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April, 2020

The Power of a Balanced Portfolio

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March, 2020

This Is Why Sound Principles Matter

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February, 2020

Buffett Would Love Equius

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January, 2020

Boy, That Was A Surprise!

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December, 2019

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

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November, 2019

The Ebbs and Flows of Returns

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October, 2019

What Are We Afraid Of?

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June, 2019

An International Pain In The…

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April, 2019

Performance Expectations II

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March, 2019

Performance Expectations

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February, 2019

Jack Bogle's Influence

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January, 2019

Keep Market Declines in Perspective

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December, 2018

Intellectual Curiosity

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November, 2018

Intelligence Is Not Enough

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September, 2018

A History of Ups and Downs

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September, 2018

Alternative Reality

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September, 2018

Market “Corrections” Perspective

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August, 2018

Chaos, Order, and Consciousness

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July, 2018

Dimensional Mutual Fund Landscape 2018

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June, 2018

Perspective on Value

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April, 2018

The Interview You'll Never See on CNBC

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March, 2018

Be a Financial Designated Driver

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February, 2018

Recent Market Volatility

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January, 2018

Validation and Resolve

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June, 2018

Perspective on Value

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May, 2018

Is It 1999 All Over Again?

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April, 2018

The Interview You'll Never See on CNBC

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March, 2018

Be a Financial Designated Driver

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February, 2018

Recent Market Volatility

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January, 2018

Validation and Resolve

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December, 2017

Pipelines to Unlimited Well-Being

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November, 2017

Thanks + Giving = Health + Meaning = Abundance

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October, 2017

Friends Don't Let Friends Monkey Around

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September, 2017

Lessons from the Hardwood

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August, 2017

This Trend is Your Friend

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July, 2017

Setting Expectations

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June, 2017

More Thoughts on Risk

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May, 2017

Good Vibrations

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April, 2017

Mastering Mindfulness

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March, 2017

A Look at Public Company Listings

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February, 2017

Well-Being Trumps All

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January, 2017

A Look Back at 2016

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December, 2016

You Should Not Wait for an Epiphany

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November, 2016

Basic Economics

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October, 2016

Don't Limit Your Fama

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September, 2016

Negative Real Returns

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August, 2016

Economic Growth and Equity Returns

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July, 2016

There's Opportunity in Simplicity (Part 2)

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June, 2016

There's Opportunity in Simplicity (Part 1)

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May, 2016

What Is Fiduciary Advice?

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April, 2016

Modern Value Investing

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March, 2016

Free Throws

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February, 2016

Skepticism

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January, 2016

Discipline

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December, 2015

Expectations

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November, 2015

The Caterpillar and the Butterfly

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October, 2015

Perspective

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September, 2015

The Patience Principle

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August, 2015

Purpose and Value

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July, 2015

Gray Hair Not Required

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June, 2015

Gravel Road Investing

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May, 2015

Let's Save the 401(k)

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April, 2015

Cast in Iron

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March, 2015

First, Do No Harm

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February, 2015

A Value-able Story Seldom Told

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January, 2015

First, Philosophy

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December, 2014

Yearly Returns Are Random

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November, 2014

The Value of Giving Thanks

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October, 2014

Smart Value

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September, 2014

Capitalizing Body and Mind

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August, 2014

The Certainty Principle

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July, 2014

Emotional Capital: The Heart of Your Abundance

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June, 2014

A Better Buffett

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May, 2014

Stock Investing and Mountain Biking

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April, 2014

Stock Market Centerfold

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March, 2014

The Devil Wears Nada

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February, 2014

Social Capital: Adding Years and Value to Your Life

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January, 2014

The KISS of Death For Alternatives?

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December, 2013

Rate Expectations

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November, 2013

Transitioning Your Abundance

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October, 2013

Anything But Passive: Investing and Marketing at Equius; A Nobel Prize for the Rest of Us

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September, 2013

There Was Nothing Financial About the 2008 Crisis

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August, 2013

Asset Class Turns 20

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July, 2013

Volatility, Withdrawals, and Balance

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June, 2013

Raising the Bar Again

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May, 2013

The Evolution of Dimensional

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April, 2013

DFA and Vanguard: Setting the Record Straight

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March, 2013

Snippets

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February, 2013

Balance Is Better

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January, 2013

Investment Leadership

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December, 2012

Walter Isaacsons Book Steve Jobs: A Great Economics Lesson

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November, 2012

Giving Thanks

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October, 2012

Is Gold Worth Its Weight in a Portfolio?

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September, 2012

Beating the Market

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August, 2012

Knightmare on Wall Street

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July, 2012

Social Responsibility

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June, 2012

The Eurozone and Greece

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May, 2012

A Failed Experiment?

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April, 2012

Don't Cut Off Your Nose

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March, 2012

Out of the Blocks

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February, 2012

Beware the Wall Street Elites

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January, 2012

Year End Review

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December, 2011

Naughty and Nice for 2012

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November, 2011

All That's Left Is Faith

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October, 2011

North Koreans, Cubans & Active Managers

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September, 2011

Uncertainty Is Our Friend

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August, 2011

America Is a Value Stock

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July, 2011

Discipline: Your Secret Weapon

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June, 2011

Alternatives, Economic Politics & the Corruption of Sound Principles

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April, 2011

Investing and the Media

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March, 2011

In Appreciation of Open-Minded Clients

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February, 2011

Three Factor Vindication

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January, 2011

2010 Market Review; Not-So-Smart Money

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December, 2010

Deficits, Debt, and Markets

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November, 2010

Simple Math

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October, 2010

Simplifying Complexity

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September, 2010

Frozen by Indecision?

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August, 2010

Value Investing 2.0

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July, 2010

Valuable Roots

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June, 2010

Meeting the Legacy Challenge

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May, 2010

If We Were Oprah's Advisor

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April, 2010

The Big Lie

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March, 2010

Whose Lost Decade?/A Contrast in Integrity: From Oakland to Geneva

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January, 2010

Balance is No Gimmick

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November, 2009

A Productive Partnership

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October, 2009

Unconventionally Committed

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September, 2009

Another Look at Emerging Markets

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July, 2009

Critical Thinking is Essential & The misuse and bastardization of Exchange-Traded Funds

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June, 2009

Taking U Out of Anxiety

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May, 2009

Ownership: Its Priceless

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April, 2009

Off Balance, Indeed

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February, 2009

Past Declines & Their Recoveries

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January, 2009

Millions Are Madoffed Everyday, Especially in 401(k) Plans

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December, 2008

Who Can We Trust?

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November, 2008

The Government's to Blame- Now What?

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September, 2008

Herds: Safety Nets or Hijackers?

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August, 2008

Is It Different This Time?

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July, 2008

A Broken Record Can Play Sweet Music

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June, 2008

The Drugs of Investing: Theyre In Your Head

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May, 2008

Getting Satisfaction

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April, 2008

Keeping It Real(istic)

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February, 2008

The Anti-Bubble Asset Classes

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January, 2008

Happy Renewal Year

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November, 2007

Optimism Pays

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September, 2007

The Subprime Challenge

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August, 2007

What's Correct

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July, 2007

The Value Angst

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March, 2007

Fixing the 401(k)... Before It's too late (Part 2)

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February, 2007

Fixing the 401(k)... Before It's too late (Part 1)

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November, 2006

The Evolution Continues (Part 2)

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October, 2006

The Evolution Continues (Part 1)

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August, 2006

Submerging Markets?

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May, 2006

Asset Class Returns: 10 Years Later

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April, 2006

The Squeaky Wheel

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February, 2006

Stewards of Capitalism

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December, 2005

Too Much Capital

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November, 2005

You Are Not Average!

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August, 2005

Saving Investors From Themselves

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June, 2005

Demographics, Commodities, & Pessimism

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May, 2005

What Return Can We Expect From Stocks (Part 2)

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April, 2005

What Return Can We Expect From Stocks (Part 1)

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January, 2005

If Only Investors Were More Like Lemmings

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December, 2004

The Art & Science of Our Investment Relationships: Plotting Your Course (Part 3)

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November, 2004

The Art & Science of Our Investment Relationships: Plotting Your Course (Part 2)

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September, 2004

The Art & Science of Our Investment Relationships: Plotting Your Course (Part 1)

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August, 2004

Why Don't You Compare My Portfolio to the S&P 500?

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June, 2004

16,954 (and counting...)

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May, 2004

Are These the Good Old Days?

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March, 2004

Trust Me

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February, 2004

The Delicate Question, Which? Jump In, or Wade In to the Market

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November, 2003

It's the Culture

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October, 2003

The Problem with Indexing

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September, 2003

Fixed Income Strategies (Part 2)

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August, 2003

Fixed Income Strategies (Part 1)

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June, 2003

Ignore the Prudent Investor Rule, Follow the Herd, and Waste a Valuable Employee Benefit; The State of Most Corporate 401(k) Plans Today

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May, 2003

The Fear and Greed Indexes

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March, 2003

We Are, I regret, Captives of Recent History

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January, 2003

Investors and advisors should fight the urge to tweak portfolios too much

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November, 2002

Odds & Ends

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October, 2002

Ten Stupid Things People Do to Mess Up Their Investment Portfolios (cont.)

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September, 2002

Ten Stupid Things People Do to Mess Up Their Investment Portfolios

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July, 2002

Another Benefit of Small Cap & Value Indexing

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June, 2002

The Tortoise and The Hare Revisited

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May, 2002

Timing Lessons from a 401(k) Plan

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April, 2002

The Science of investing has Its Limits

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February, 2002

Enron, Screwy Tax Policy & Stock Speculators

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January, 2002

Predicting Stock Market Returns

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August, 2001

The Tortoise & The Hare

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July, 2001

DFAs Time to Shine

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June, 2001

Stocks Are for the Long Run

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May, 2001

Markets Don't Have to Be Right to Be Efficient

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April, 2001

How Quickly Things Change

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March, 2001

Is the Sky Falling

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February, 2001

Equity Premium & Expected Returns

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November, 2000

The Risk of 'Buying Performance'

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October, 2000

The Myths of Tech Stock Investing

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August, 2000

The New Indexing

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June, 2000

A View of Dimensional Fund Advisors

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May, 2000

A Knowledgeable Client Is Good

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March, 2000

The Merchants of Greenwich

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January, 2000

Should We Fear a Total U.S. Market Collapse?

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December, 1999

The Greater the Degree of Pessimism or Optimism, the Dumber Smart People Become

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November, 1999

Total Stock Market Index Funds, Part 2: Looking for Large and Small Value Exposure? Better Keep Looking

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September, 1999

Total Stock Market Index Funds: A New Fad or Investment Nirvana?

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July, 1999

The Grand Infatuation

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June, 1999

Do-It-Yourself Investors Face a Harsh Reality

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May, 1999

Indexing the New Economy

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April, 1999

9/30/97: The Market AG (After Growth)

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March, 1999

The Asset Allocation Debate Rages On

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January, 1999

Ways to Invest

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December, 1998

Investor Psychology & Successful Investing

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November, 1998

The Retirement Calculator from Hell

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September, 1998

Avoiding an Irrational Response to Irrational Markets

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August, 1998

What Should We Do About Asia?

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June, 1998

Index Funds 'R' Us

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May, 1998

The Truth Investors Don't Want to Hear

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March, 1998

The Road to the FInal Three: Higher Cost of Capital = Higher Investor Returns

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January, 1998

International Stock Returns David Booth, Dimensional Fund Advisors

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December, 1997

A Movement Toward U.S.-Style Markets: Why We Should be Optimistic About Asia's Long-Term Future

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November, 1997

Emerging Markets: The Final Frontier for Active Managers

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October, 1997

DFA Index Fund Updates

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September, 1997

The James Grant Paradox

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August, 1997

Odds and Ends

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July, 1997

Keeping the S&P 500 Index in Perspective

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May, 1997

Have I Got a Cool Head or Am I Just Stupid?

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April, 1997

Monitoring Your Portfolio: Stability is the Key

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March, 1997

Lie, Damn Lies, and Statistics

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January, 1997

Stay Diversified, Fund Fundamentals, Fund Performance, Hot Money

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November, 1996

Revert to the Mean: Growth Stock Style

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August, 1996

Considering the Downside

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June, 1996

"A Type of Dementia I Can't Even Classify"

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March, 1996

Maintain Your Perspective

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January, 1996

A Fresh Look at International Diversification

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November, 1995

U.S. Stocks Continue to Soar

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September, 1995

Don't Be Fooled By Technology

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July, 1995

You Mean There Aren't Mexican Stocks in the S&P 500?

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June, 1995

"Trust Me"

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May, 1995

Individual Investors (Part 2)

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April, 1995

Individual Investors (Part 1)

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March, 1995

Investors and Smokers

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February, 1995

Managing Managers

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January, 1995

A Review of 1994

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December, 1994

Performance Measurement

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November, 1994

The Purpose of Policy

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October, 1994

Why Policy Matters

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September, 1994

Redefining "conservative"

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August, 1994

Building Portfolios

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July, 1994

Risk

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June, 1994

Returns

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May, 1994

Time

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April, 1994

High Book-to-Market Stocks--Valuable Sub-Markets of U.S. Stocks

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March, 1994

The Paradox

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February, 1994

The Powerful Plodder

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January, 1994

Beating the Market

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December, 1993

The Loser's Game

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November, 1993

Do Clients Matter?

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October, 1993

Conclusion

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September, 1993

The Value of International Markets In Your Portfolio

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August, 1993

Venture Annuity: An Example of Slick Marketing vs. Good Sense

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July, 1993

The Purpose of This Newsletter

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